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Risk Factors
Heart Diseases
The Heart
Random
100
death or damage to part of the heart muscle
What is heart attack
100
another word for High blood pressure
What is hypertension
100
a problem with the rate or rhythm of a heart beat
What is arrhythmia
100
Four chambers of the heart
What is right and left atrium, right and left ventricle
100
Friedman and Rosenman declared that these behaviors contributed to the risk of heart disease
What is Type A behavior
200
tiny blood vessels that branch out from arteries and veins and circulate blood to all of the cells in the body
What is capillaries
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! what are the "good" and "bad" kinds of cholesterol?
What is high density lipoproteins, low density lipoproteins
200
Disease process in which fatty deposits (or plaque) build up in the arteries and block the flow of blood
What is atherosclerosis
200
blood enters the heart through this vein
What is superior vena cava
200
when the cause of high blood pressure is unknown
What is essential hypertension
300
carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
What is arteries
300
the most controversial risk factor
What is salt
300
inflammation and reduced function of the heart muscle
What is cardiomyopathy
300
blood exits the heart and heads to the rest of the body by this artery
What is aorta
300
When your heart beats too fast this is known as
What is tachycardia
400
literally means hardening of the arteries
What is arteriosclerosis
400
diets high in this substance increase risk of heart disease (not cholesterol)
What is trans fats
400
damage to the heart caused by the immune system in response to certain bacterial infections during childhood.
What is rheumatic heart disease
400
returns blood to the heart after the oxygen and nutrients have been used by the body
What is veins
400
known as the silent killer BONUS: why?
What is high blood pressure, disease without symptoms until its too late
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! The difference between Infarction and Ischemia
What is Infarction: death of cells from blocked blood supply, ischemia: insufficient supply of blood to heart (partially blocked)
500
a model embracing five risk factors that puts people who have at least THREE at risk for heart disease
What is metabolic syndrome
500
heart defects present at birth BONUS: split into how many categories?
What is Congenital heart defects, 4.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! List the blood flow through the heart
What is superior vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta, body.
500
Name the three types of cardiomyopathy
What is dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive